Evaluating the effects of integrating trees into temperate arable systems on pest control and pollination

T Staton, RJ Walters, J Smith, RD Girling - Agricultural Systems, 2019 - Elsevier
Agroforestry systems, which incorporate trees into agricultural land, could contribute to
sustainable agricultural intensification as they have been shown to increase land …

Productivity, biodiversity trade-offs, and farm income in an agroforestry versus an arable system

T Staton, TD Breeze, RJ Walters, J Smith… - Ecological Economics, 2022 - Elsevier
The uptake of diversified farming systems is constrained by a scarcity of evidence regarding
financial costs, benefits, and risks. Here, we evaluate the productivity and projected farm …

Advances and challenges in sustainable apple cultivation

PE Lauri, S Simon - … cultivation of temperate zone tree fruits …, 2019 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Apple (Malus domestica) is one of the most produced temperate fruits worldwide, reaching
84.6 MT in 2014, among which 41 MT are produced by China (FAO, 2017). Originating from …

Evaluating a trait‐based approach to compare natural enemy and pest communities in agroforestry vs. arable systems

T Staton, RJ Walters, J Smith, TD Breeze… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Diversified farming systems, for example those that incorporate agroforestry elements, have
been proposed as a solution that could maintain and improve multiple ecosystem services …

Agroforestry for fruit trees in Europe and Mediterranean North Africa

PE Lauri, K Barkaoui, M Ater… - Agroforestry for …, 2019 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Chapter 14 Page 1 http://dx.doi.org/10.19103/AS.2018.0041.18 © Burleigh Dodds Science
Publishing Limited, 2019. All rights reserved. Chapter 14 Agroforestry for fruit trees in Europe …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluating the effects of agroforestry versus arable systems on functional biodiversity and associated ecosystem services

T Staton - 2021 - researchgate.net
The intensification of agricultural production in recent decades is widely recognised to have
contributed substantially to global declines in biodiversity and associated ecosystem …

A cost-effectiveness analysis of temperate silvoarable systems: what contribution do ecosystem services make?

T Staton, R Walters, J Smith, H Chesshire, R Girling - 2018 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
Silvoarable systems have the potential to be an effective and productive form of sustainable
agriculture, in part due to the enhancement of biodiversity and associated ecosystem …

Sustainable management and design of North American orchards supplying the hard cider industry

T Pihl - 2018 - nmbu.brage.unit.no
The hard cider industry is quickly growing in North America. In this research I investigate
how apple production in North America has adapted to meet the demands of the rapidly …